El Sadig el Sideeg el Mahdi

National Umma Party leader El Sadig el Sideeg el Mahdi told an on-the-record meeting at Chatham House on 29 October that the authenticity of the leaked documents was 'not at issue', a message he repeated in Arabic and English at several meetings during his trip to Britain...

The agenda lists: 'The Paris Declaration [between El Sadig el Mahdi and the SRF] and the impact of the SRF statement [presumably the memorandum of understanding signed with Ghazi Salah el Din el Atabani and Ahmed Saad Omer (AC Vol 55 No 18, Opposition beams, Khartoum glowers)]; Radical and moderate trends in regards to Shiite belief activities in Sudan; President Mbeki's role and Sudanese issues; Elections, National Dialogue and peace negotiations – The Priority; New Sudan project and its impact on the national security and economic activity'...

The reason that the SRF and El Sadig el Mahdi signed a different document from the Khartoum delegates is that the NCP does not recognise the SRF (which includes the Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North, Darfur groups and others) as a single entity...

The RSF are controlled by the security services, so this infuriated the army and triggered the arrest of former Prime Minister El Sadig el Sideeg el Mahdi, who pointed out that the regime was in breach of the constitution...

The NCF includes El Sadig el Sideeg el Mahdi’s National Umma Party and the Sudan Communist Party (SCP), while the SRF includes the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement/Army-North (SPLM/A-N), the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) and the two factions of the Sudan Liberation Movement, led by Abdel Wahed Mohamed Ahmed el Nur and Minni Arkou Minnawi (AC Vol 53 No 18, Politics over oil)...

The Prime Minister that the National Islamic Front (NIF) overthrew in 1989, El Sadig el Sideeg el Mahdi, sees a chance to win back power as conflict deepens at the core of the Khartoum regime (AC Vol 53 No 24, The new gold rush)...